“Back then I always remember him and Steven Pienaar for Everton. “We’d get up at 3am on school days to watch the Premier League and we’d get into trouble with my mum and dad! And, yeah, Naisy was class. He said: “I remember watching him with my little brother back in Australia. So instead, Devlin took the shirt number off his back.

When he joined the Jambos he couldn’t wait to play alongside him – until Naismith decided to quit. Transfer news LIVE as Celtic and Rangers plus Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibs eye signings.But Devlin still marvelled at Everton star Naismith, especially when he bagged a Premier League hat-trick against Chelsea at Goodison Park in 2015. As a kid growing up in Oz, he was a big Liverpool fan. That’s why the Jambos midfielder is thriving under Naismith’s leadership in Gorgie. But in terms of their work ethic, passion, desire – and that little nasty streak – they’re both cut from the same cloth. They played in different positions on the pitch. Naismith says he sees a bit of himself in Devlin.

And it might see the midfielder begin to excel again under the Tynecastle club’s interim gaffer. And you know what? That’s exactly the type of thing Naismith himself would have done at Devlin’s age. Cammy Devlin respected Steven Naismith to the point where he was in awe of his Premier League credentials.īut it didn’t stop the little Aussie taking the Hearts No.14 shirt off him when he’d barely hung up his boots.

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